Statutory Rules

1980 No. 260

REGULATION UNDER THE GRAIN (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) COLLECTION ACT 19791

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Grain (Export Inspection Charge) Collection Act 1979.

Dated this thirty-first day of August 1980.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Primary Industry

 

Amendment of the Grain (Export Inspection Charge) Collection Regulations2

  The Grain (Export Inspection Charge) Collection Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulations:

Refund of amount paid by way of charge

 “7. (1) Where —

 (a) grain exported by an exporter pursuant to a prescribed contract within the meaning of sub-regulation 3 (3) of the Grain (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations is exempt from charge under sub-regulations 3 (2) and (3) of those Regulations; and

 (b) an amount has been paid under the Grain (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1979 in respect of that grain,

the exporter may apply for a refund of an amount equal to the amount so paid.

 “(2) An application under sub-regulation (1) shall be made in writing to the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industry and shall be accompanied by —

 (a) evidence of the quantity of grain referred to in paragraph (1) (a);

 (b) evidence of the date on which the grain referred to in paragraph (1) (a) was exported;

 (c) evidence of the amount referred to in paragraph (1) (b); and

 (d) the written evidence that existed before 29 May 1979 of the prescribed contract referred to in paragraph (1) (a).

Refund may be set off

 “8. The Commonwealth may deduct any amount payable to an exporter under regulation 7 from any amount payable under the Grain (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1979 by that exporter and an amount that has been so deducted shall be deemed to have been refunded to that exporter.”.

Notes

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 September 1980.

2. Statutory Rules 1979 No. 100.